A note on Lonchophylla (Chiroptera : Phyllostomatidae) from Ecuador and Peru, with the description of a new species J. E. Hill Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD Introduction The glossophagine genus Lonchophylla extends from Nicaragua to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Surinam. Of the six species currently recognised (Jones & Carter, 1976 : 15; Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978 : 81) L. concava, L. robusta and L. thomasi are comparatively widespread: another, L. hesperia, has been reported only from Peru, and the recently described L. bokermanni Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978 is known solely from the type locality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Only L. mordax has been recorded from Ecuador, by Baker (1974 : 136), at a location 45 km NE of Chone (0041'S, 8005'W) in Manabi Province in the northwestern coastal belt, but occurs also in Bolivia and Brazil. Specimens of Lonchophylla were obtained in 1976 by Mr. A. M. Hutson of the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), London and Mr. R. E. Stebbings of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, England, while collecting at Yaupi and Los Tayos, Morona Santiago Province, in southeastern Ecuador near the border with Peru. Some represent L. robusta but others cannot be assigned to any of the described species: specimens similar to these have been reported (as L. robusta} from Peru. Specimens examined or discussed are in the British Museum (Natural History) (BM(NH)), London; the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington; the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, and the Texas Wildlife Cooperative Research Collection (TCWC), Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. Lonchophylla robusta Miller, 1912 MATERIAL EXAMINED. ECUADOR: Yaupi, Morona Santiago Province, 0293'S, 7754'W. 99 BM(NH) 78.1354-1355, 78.1358-1362, sex unknown 78.1356-1357 (all in alcohol, skulls extracted). 30 July 1976. REMARKS. Although not hitherto recorded from Ecuador, Lonchophylla robusta is known to occur in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia (Jones & Carter, 1976 : 16; Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978 : 81). Specimens from Yaupi agree closely with the diagnosis and description by Miller (1912 : 23) and are similar in size (Table 1) to those from Costa Rica and Panama reported by Walton (196 3 : 88) or from Venezuela by Linares (1967 : 60). Lonchophylla handleyi sp. nov. HOLOTYPE. BM(NH) 78.1368. Adult 9 (in alcohol, skull extracted). Los Tayos, Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador, 0307'S, 7812'W. 14 July 1976. Collector's Number 36. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. ECUADOR: Los Tayos. dd BM(NH) 78.1364, 78.1366, 78.1369-1370, 78.1372, 99 78.1363, 78.1367, 78.1371 (all in alcohol, skulls extracted), 78.1373 (in alcohol), 78.1374-1376 (all in alcohol, skulls extracted). 10-26 July 1976. d Bull. Br. Mus. not. Hist. (Zool.) 38 (4): 233-236 Issued 25 September 1 980 233
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